In emotional remarks on Tuesday, Padilla, a California Democrat, recounted the altercation, in which security forced him out of the room and onto the ground after he tried to ask Krisi Noem a question.

The California Democrat returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to warn that the Trump administrations response to immigration protests in Los Angeles should "shock the conscience of our country."

California Sen. Alex Padilla spoke on June 17 about his experience being removed from a press conference, forced to the ground and handcuffed in Los Angeles.